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Comment Re:Confused (Score 1) 448

by markshuttle (#18010676) Attached to: No Closed Video Drivers For Next Ubuntu Release
The issues is not one of dependencies, it is one of necessity. We would not enable proprietary drivers just for fun (they are already *there* just not used by default). We will only enable them if there is some free software functionality that is important and in turn depends on them. The closest we have to that is Compiz or Beryl (TuxRacer is fun but doesn't count as essential) and neither of these is yet ready to be included in Ubuntu by default. Therefor, there is no free software component of Ubuntu that depends on the drivers, therefor we don't enable them by default.

The Art of SQL 225

Posted by samzenpus from the learn-all-about-it dept.
Graeme Williams writes "One difference between SQL and a conventional procedural programming language is that for SQL there's a bigger gap between what the code says and what the code does. The Art of SQL is the opposite of a cookbook – or rather it's about cooking rather than recipes. It's not a reference manual, although there's plenty to refer back to. It's an intermediate level book which assumes you know how to read and write SQL, and analyzes what SQL does and how it does it." Read on for Graeme's review.

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